No ID for body recovered off Martha's Vineyard

WEST TISBURY — The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the body of a man from Vineyard Sound off West Tisbury on Monday morning.

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Posted Jul. 15, 2014 at 2:00 AM
Updated Jul 15, 2014 at 6:28 AM

Posted Jul. 15, 2014 at 2:00 AM
Updated Jul 15, 2014 at 6:28 AM

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WEST TISBURY — The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the body of a man from Vineyard Sound off West Tisbury on Monday morning.

The man is between 55 and 65 years old and was found about a mile off Makonikey Head after someone called the Coast Guard at 6:52 a.m., according to Coast Guard Lt. Bryan Swintek.

The Coast Guard responded with a 45-foot boat out of Station Woods Hole, Swintek said.

"He was obviously deceased based on his condition," Swintek said, adding that although the Coast Guard performs CPR on almost every person it recovers from the water it was obvious it was not warranted in this case.

The body was brought to Woods Hole where the state office of the chief medical examiner took custody, and local officials and state police took over the investigation, he said.

The man's identity was unknown at the time his body was recovered, Swintek said.

Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said the body was discovered by a fisherman and did not appear to have been in the water for very long.

State police detectives assigned to his office were working with the medical examiner to determine an identity, O'Keefe said.